An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.

This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.